ABSTRACT
A double wall was in some instances constructed, and the space between, filled in with broken bricks, rubbish, and mortar. The walls of the Pantheon were of this kind, and time has so consolidated the whole mass, that unless destroyed by an earthquake or volcano, they may stand as long as “the great globe itself.” Wooden walls of timber and boards do well for a new country, where forests are abundant, and men must build in haste; but as soon as they have more leisure and more wealth, they should build of less perishable materials. Windows and doors may be made highly ornamental. They form the most important features in the architecture of the houses of a city. That the ancients had windows to their dwellings is quite certain, yet they must have been small and unornamented. The bay-windows, or as they are often erroneously called, bow-windows, give beauty both to the interior and exterior of Gothic buildings.
